HOW THE TITLE PASSES

The keyohwhuduchun title is held for life and passes within the A'Huille family

by Dakelh customary law. The successor is recognized

by the family and the community, not appointed by any external body,

not the Crown, not the Band Council, not the Society.

The Society is administrative; the keyohwhuduchun is the authority.

 

When the title passes, the responsibilities pass with it: the land, the customary law, and the standing to speak for the Maiyoo Keyoh.

 

The Keyohwhuduchun's Responsibility

The keyohwhuduchun's responsibility is the land,

the territory itself, and the relationships that make up the territory.

That means making decisions about who comes onto the keyoh and on what terms. It means holding the line on customary law.

It means caring for the people, the animals, the water, and the plants

that share the territory.

 

The work is practical as much as it is hereditary.

Every keyohwhuduchun has had to make decisions about industry, resource use, and the boundaries of the territory in the conditions of their own time.

The role is not ceremonial.

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Today

Petra A'Huille carries the title today,

succeeding Keyohwhuduchun Sally A'Huille.

 

She holds the same authority her ancestors held: sole decision-maker for

the Maiyoo Keyoh under Dakelh law, with responsibility for the territory and

the family that belongs to it.

The line is unbroken.

 

First and foremost, she asserts Indigenous title over the Maiyoo Keyoh,

title held by the A'Huille family for generations and never ceded to the Crown.

 

The Society's other work,

protecting the territory, advancing the Maiyoo Keyoh IPCA, and

pursuing recognition of Section 35 Aboriginal Rights and Title, flows from that assertion.

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